Child Welfare Outcomes During the 1990s : The Case of Russia, Volume 2. Main Report

The objective of this study is to 1) review the situation and trends in terms of child welfare outcomes in Russia; 2) review and evaluate social policy responses; 3) identify major issues and challenges; and 4) propose policies and measures that would improve child well-being outcomes. The study consists of two parts. the first part reviews child welfare outcomes during the 1990s, focusing on child poverty and vulnerability, as well as health, education, and nutrition status. Chapter 2 links child well-being outcomes to the protracted economic crisis and related labor market developments, high inequality, rapid demographic and family formation changes, as well as generally insufficient, severely fiscally constrained and ineffective policy responses. Chapter 3 examines public policy responses in social protection, health and education, focusing on safety nets particularly policies targeting families and children. the second part of the study focuses on two groups of children identified as particularly vulnerable in Russia: children deprived of birth family upbringing and children with disabilities. the chapter on the former highlights their growing numbers against a continued decline in the child population, as well as the continued practice of costly, detrimental to child development and ineffective long-term institutionalization of such children. It reviews legal and institutional reforms undertaken so far and identifies challenges related to designing effective reform.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-11
Subjects:	CHILD WELFARE, CHILD PROTECTION, CHILDREN IN POVERTY, CHILDREN MORTALITY, CHILDREN NUTRITION, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, FAMILY POLICY, POLICY FRAMEWORK, FAMILY INCOME, SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, RISK MANAGEMENT, TARGETED ASSISTANCE, POLICY MAKING, IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, DISABLED PERSONS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, LEGAL REFORM, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, CHILD ABUSE, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, CHILD NUTRITION, HOMELESS CHILDREN, FAMILY WELFARE ABORTION, ABORTION RATE, ABORTION SERVICES, ABORTIONS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCIDENTS, ACCOUNT, ACUTE MALNUTRITION, ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENTS, ADULT MORTALITY, ADVERTISING, AGED, AGING, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, ANEMIA, BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES, BIRTH WEIGHT, BRAIN DAMAGE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CARE FOR CHILDREN, CARE SERVICES, CHILD CARE, CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORBIDITY, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD POVERTY, CHILD WELFARE OUTCOMES, CHILD WELFARE POLICIES, CHILD WELFARE REFORM, CHILDBIRTH, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, CONGENITAL ANOMALIES, CONTRACEPTION METHODS, CRIME, DEATH RATE, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DIET, DISABILITIES, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DROPOUTS, DRUG ABUSE, DRUG USE, DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, EPIDEMICS, EXTENDED FAMILIES, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FOOD INTAKE, GIRLS, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH SERVICES, HEART DISEASE, HIV INFECTED MOTHERS, HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION, HUMAN RIGHT, HYGIENE, IMMUNIZATION, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INJURIES, IODINE, IODINE DEFICIENCY, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCY, IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, LUNG CANCER, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL DEATHS, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MATERNAL NUTRITION, MENTAL RETARDATION, MICRONUTRIENTS, MODERN CONTRACEPTION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MORTALITY RATES, MOTHERS, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NUTRITION, NUTRITION STATUS, OBESITY, OLD GIRLS, PARENTAL CARE, POLIO, POOR CHILDREN, POSTPARTUM PERIOD, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PRENATAL HEALTH CARE, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, PREVENTABLE DISEASES, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, RESIDENTIAL CARE, RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS, RESPIRATORY DISEASES, SAFETY, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SMOKING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SAFETY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WORK, STIS, SYPHILIS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TETANUS, VACCINATION, VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, VICTIMS, VITAMINS, WASTING, YOUNG CHILDREN, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075837/russian-federation-child-welfare-outcomes-during-1990s-case-russia-vol-2-russian-federation-child-welfare-outcomes-during-1990s-case-russia-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15325
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